Teaching strategies in CLIL approach: A reading activity about “The Colour Monster”

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Magda Novell
Escola Francesc Macià (Vilassar de Dalt)
Sílvia Carreres
Escola Bellvitge (Hospitalet de Llobregat)

This article deals with the outcomes of a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) lesson in English about Shared Reading of an adaptation, by the teachers, of the book “The Colour Monster” by Anna Llenas. The session was carried out with second graders from a state school in Gràcia (Barcelona) and coteaching was adopted as a pedagogical methodology. Different strategies of Classroom Interactional Competence (CIC) are analysed to determine which of them are useful and work out in this reading activity as well as the benefits that Shared Reading contributes to students’ comprehension.

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reading comprehension, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), Classroom Interactional Competence (CIC), interaction strategies, coteaching

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Novell, Magda; and Carreres, Sílvia. “Teaching strategies in CLIL approach: A reading activity about ‘The Colour Monster’”. CLIL Journal, vol.VOL 1, no. 1, pp. 1-23, doi:10.60940/cjv1n1id430054.
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Magda Novell, Escola Francesc Macià (Vilassar de Dalt)

Magda Novell is a primary English teacher in Francesc Macià school in Vilassar de Dalt. She is currently teaching at kindergarten and primary school levels. She holds a Master’s Degree in Teacher Development for Foreign Language Education (UAB)

Sílvia Carreres, Escola Bellvitge (Hospitalet de Llobregat)

Sílvia Carreres is a primary English teacher in Bellvitge school in Hospitalet de Llobregat. She holds a Master’s Degree in Teacher Development for Foreign Language Education (UAB)

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